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Supreme Court Weighs Landmark Climate Deception Case Against Oil Companies

The justices’ ruling could decide whether more than two dozen similar claims proceed. The cases accuse oil companies of misleading the public about climate change and stymieing efforts to curb emissions.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

People protest in front of the Supreme Court during arguments in the Suncor v. Boulder case on Monday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
The Rio Grande flows through the San Luis Valley on May 5. Credit: Jacob Spetzler/Inside Climate News

A Colorado Water Trial Could Decide the Future of an Agricultural Valley

By Emily Payne

The EPA finalized its repeal of most greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants in September. Credit: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

21 States Sue EPA to Reinstate Climate Pollution Rules for Power Plants

By Lisa Sorg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in Austin Texas, May 2026. Credit: Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Alito’s Recusal From Climate Case: Too Little, Too Late?

By Marianne Lavelle

Shannon Dunphy, director of Mountain West construction at Dandelion Energy, oversees installation of polyurethane pipes for a geothermal system in Littleton, Colo. Credit: Phil McKenna/Inside Climate News

New Colorado Neighborhood Could Offer Glimpse into the Future of Home Energy Use

By Phil McKenna

Puppeteers and their buffalo encounter a marching band near City Hall in downtown Manhattan on Saturday. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

In New York, Life-Sized American Bison Puppets Inspire Hope for Restoration Efforts

By Jake Bolster

Wolves roam around Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Ashton Hooker/NPS

Trump Targets Big Bad Wolves, but Ranchers Say Other Administration Actions Drive Their Woes

By Jake Bolster, Peter Aldhous

Construction at Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir expansion is seen on April 9, 2025, in Boulder County, Colorado. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Court Rules in Favor of Feds and Denver Water on Dam Expansion

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

A view of land that was cut from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument via an executive order in July. Credit: Tim Peterson

Utahns Support Protecting National Monuments That Trump Downsized

By Wyatt Myskow

A pipeline runs through a natural gas field on federally managed land in Sublette County, Wyoming. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Error in a Recent BLM Lease Sale Has Wyoming Residents Concerned Over New Oil and Gas Rules

By Jake Bolster

A firefighter assigned to the Bobcat Lakes Fire uses a drip torch to ignite unburned vegetation as part of a firing operation on Aug. 30. Credit: Northern Rockies Complex Incident Management Team

Why Montana Firefighters Are Intentionally Burning Areas Around Two Wildfires

By Mosabber Hossain

Smoke rises around the burned chairs at Maverick Mountain in Montana after the Sand Creek Fire damaged the ski area. Credit: Maverick Mountain Resort

A Montana Community Rallies to Save Its Beloved Ski Hill

By Mosabber Hossain

People stand at the bottom of a boat ramp that now ends hundreds of feet above the water levels of Lake Powell on Aug. 18 near Page, Ariz. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

The Biggest Carbon Polluters Are to Blame for Half of U.S. Western Water Lost to Climate Change, ‘Groundbreaking’ Paper Says

By Jake Bolster

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments this fall in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Boulder, Colorado, and Big Oil Prepare for High-Stakes Clash in Supreme Court

By Dana Drugmand

A view of Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Credit: Avery Locklear/NPS

Primary Effort ‘Changed the Conversation’ Around Wyoming’s Public Lands

By Jake Bolster

A firefighter works to secure the Moose Fire perimeter on Monday in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Credit: Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF Wildland Fire Information

Recent Rain Slowed Southwestern Montana Wildfires. Now the Heat Is Returning.

By Mosabber Hossain

The Bobcat Draw Badlands Wilderness Study Area in Washakie County, Wyoming, encompasses 17,150 acres of land managed by the federal government. Credit: Bob Wick/BLM

Public Lands Are at the Forefront of Wyoming’s Primaries

By Jake Bolster

Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir expansion project in Boulder County, Colorado, is seen on April 9, 2025. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Can a Dam Expansion Hold Back Climate Considerations on the Colorado River?

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

An air tanker drops fire retardant near Maverick Mountain Ski Area as crews work to slow the Sand Creek Fire in southwestern Montana on Aug. 12. Credit: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Wildland Fire Information

Montana’s Sand Creek Fire Burns Through Into Beloved Ski Area

By Mosabber Hossain

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